October 19, 2026 On Saturday, October 17, TeachRock, the great organization founded by Stevie Van Zandt, held its inaugural Teachers Hall of Fame celebration ("where teachers are the stars") at The Count Basie Center in Red Bank, NJ. The sold-out event not only gave some great teachers the spotlights they deserve, but also raised additional funds for TeachRock's important, ongoing work, through the sales of tickets and special ticket packages. Bruce Springsteen was in attenda

photo by Matthew Geller/Monmouth University - used with permission October 18, 2026 As today we officially celebrate the 100th anniversary of Chuck Berry's birth, we also celebrate The Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music at Monmouth University's recent Chuck Berry at 100 daylong symposium/concert, held in Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre on Saturday, October 11. Chuck Berry at 100 marked the first time that the Center held such an event centered around an artist o

October 14, 2026 After taking a bit longer than expected (since its trailer dropped almost two weeks ago,) Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour (Philadelphia Freedom Cut) [part 3 of 4] is finally here. As is the case with ...part 1... and ...part 2..., it has been made available at no charge for streaming via YouTube, Vevo, Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, and more. (Click here to explore your streaming options.) You also can watch the embedded Yo

photo by Matthew Geller/Monmouth University - used with permission October 13, 2026 Happy 72nd birthday to the E Street Band's Charlie Giordano, who was... ahem... a key participant in The Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music's Chuck Berry at 100 symposium/concert this past Saturday. We'll soon have much more to share at Letters To You about Saturday's event overall, but for now, on Charlie's special day, we want to focus first on how well he provided all of those tast

October 6, 2026 Last Tuesday night, Thom Zimny delivered his first "From The Vault" presentation at The Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music's intimate, state-of-the-art 250-seat Powell Soundstage theater. While he's previously delivered many such presentations at Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre, this was his first one inside the Center's own on-site, Dolby Atmos-equipped theater, designed and built with much input from him, as well. Not surprisingly, Zimny delive

October 6, 2026 Even before Bruce Springsteen took the Merriweather Post Pavilion stage in Columbia, MD at Saturday's Power To The People Festival, he already had made the first weekend in Rocktober 2026 a busy and extra-interesting one for Springsteen fans. To wit... On Friday, the trailer for Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour (Philadelphia Freedom Cut) [part 3 of 4] dropped. As you can see it in embedded form right below, part 3 is "